The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), endorsed by governments at the United
Nations in September 2000, aim to improve human
well-being by reducing poverty, hunger,
child and maternal mortality, ensuring education for all, controlling and
managing diseases, tackling gender disparity, ensuring sustainable development
and pursuing global partnerships.
The eight MDGs are:
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal
2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality Goal 5: Improve
maternal health Goal
6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
disease Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
